Cultural Communication and Gestures

1 Watch the Video and Answer the Questions!

Video extract: 00:00 to 5:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTPZWpQ9pbA&start=0&end=300
1 What does "no hard feelings" mean?

2 How does Neil describe their arguments?

3 What does it mean to "fall out" with someone?

4 What are gestures?

5 How can gestures be different in different countries?

6 What does it mean to make a faux pas?

7 What is the example given by Professor Erin Meyer about cultural misunderstanding?

8 What does "gesticulating" mean?

9 How did Erin Meyer misinterpret the situation in the car?

10 What does it mean to be emotionally expressive?

Correct Answers
1 Correct Answers:
1 "No hard feelings" means that you still want to be friends with someone after an
argument.
2 Neil describes their arguments as falling out over silly things.
3 "Falling out" with someone means to argue or disagree with them.
4 Gestures are movements made with hands or head to express thoughts or feelings.
5 Gestures can be different in different countries, and some gestures may have
different meanings.
6 Making a faux pas means saying or doing something embarrassing in a social
situation.
7 The example given by Professor Erin Meyer is about her misunderstanding a heated
conversation as a fight when it was actually a discussion of directions.
8 "Gesticulating" means waving your arms around to express emotions.
9 Erin Meyer misinterpreted the situation in the car as a fight when they were actually
discussing directions.
10 Being emotionally expressive means showing what you think or feel.